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From: desimone@cse.uta.edu (Fuzzy Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: RESET button for C64
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.214306.9617@cse.uta.edu>
Date: 15 Jun 91 21:43:06 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.125540.2364@cho006.cho.ge.com> <5318@servax0.essex.ac.uk>
Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington
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In article <5318@servax0.essex.ac.uk> cgreen@essex.ac.uk writes:
>....  This will cause much less trauma to the
>chips in your C64 and the PSU than a power-down and power up.

This is true, although not all programs are resettable.  Some programs
attempt to trap reset by storing boot ROM code at $8000 in memory.  And
they succeed, too.  Often you'll find that certain programs cause your
computer to lockup on reset.

IMO, this is bogus programming.  If a program does not want you to reset
and start hacking its code, then the program should instead just do a
simple CLEAR MEMORY function, then continue with the normal reset.  No
need to KILL the computer.

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